Advertising apparatus



Oct. 30 1923;

W. H. SNIDER ADVERTISING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 16 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1 M N m Q35 Mm? MQ 21% Oct. 30, 1923.

W. H. SNIDER ADVERTI S ING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 16, 5

2 Sheets-Shed 2 Patented Oct. 30, 1923. V

' wILL aM H. SNIDER," or WELCOM noarn' C RO INA.

nnvnnrrsme APBARATUS.

Applicati on filed February To all whom it 'v'nay concern:

Be it .known that I, 'VVILLIAM H. SNIDER,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingat lVelcoma' in. the county ofDavidsonand State of-North Carolina, have invented a.

new and useful Advertising Apparatusyfof I which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to advertising -apparatus of the type employing movable attention attracting figuresw I The object oftheinvention is to provide such an apparatus constructed for actuation by a rotatable member in the form of a:

bladed means. V With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of constructionhereinafter depropeller, operable 'by any suitable scribed and claimed, it being understood. that changes in" the precise embodiment of" the invention herein disclosed may be made 7 within the scope of what is'claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents asi-deelevation of an apparatus constituting this invention.

Fig. 2is an end elevation of the propeller and the frame in which it is mounted.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectiontaken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a similar view takenon the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, and

In the embodiment illustrated, the appaatus constituting this invention comprises a supporting frame here shown composed of spaced uprights 1 and 2 connected by upper and lower cross bars 3 and 4. This frame may be mounted wherever desired, and has extending laterally from one upright, a casing 5 into which extends a shaft 6 journaled in the uprights 1 and 2' and on which shaft is fixedly mounted between said uprightsa propeller wheel 10. This wheel 10 has a plurality of angularly disposed bladesll which are connected by an annular bracing band 12 at points spaced inwardly from their'free ends. Thiswheel is intended to be revolved by the wind in a manner similar to the wheel of a wind mill to rotate shaft 6.

Arranged within the casing 5 on the shaft 6 is a pinion 7 which meshes with agear 55 of Fig.1..

Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line 1c, 1923. Serial No. 619,434. 3 1

ends of the casing 5;

wheel 8lcarriedby a shaft9 journaled inthe' 7 Two longitudinally spaced cams 13 and 14 are fixedly mounted on shaft 9, the cam 13 being in'the form of amutilated disk, the depression 13 therein operating ina -1nan-.

ner presently. tobe described. The cam 14 islshown in the form of a disk eccentrically' mounted on shaft 9 and presently tobe described. I

Rising from thev upper face of the casing 5 near the frame which supports the pro.: peller, is a standard 15 to the upper end of which is pivoted at 17 the body 16 of the. man which is designed to move'iback and forth to attract attention. An armt l8- is pivotally mounted on the body 16 and carries at its outer end a hammer l9 in the form of a rolling pin which is positioned over the head of a similar man 2310mm in. w. advance of the figure 16 and pivotally mounted on an upright 22. i I

A rod 20 is pivotally connected at its. upper end with the arm 18. of the figure. 16f and extends through the top of the casing 5, being provided at its inner end with a head 21 which rests on the perimeter of the I a cam 13 so that when said cam is rotated, the rod will be vertically reciprocated, the re cess 13 in the cam permitting the head of the rod to enter and thus permit the rod to move downwardly, the riding of said head on the body of thecam elevating the rod.

The figure 23 has a laterally extending bar 24 which is connected by a link 25 with a rod 26 mounted to reciprocate in the top of easing 5 and having a head 27 on its inner end which rests on the perimeter of the earn 1.

The link 25 as shown, is constructed of a piece of heavy wire or of a metal rod with eyes 25 at its ends which are loosely engaged with cooperating eyes carried by the bar 24:. A coiled spring 26 is mounted on rod 25 between the head 27 and the inner 1 face of the casing top and exerts its tension to hold the head yieldably engaged with the perimeter of cam 14.

The figure 23 is equipped with a pair of forwardly extending arms 28 pivoted at their inner ends to said figure and connected at their front or outer ends by a pin 29. A plunger rod 30 is carried by the pin 20 and extends into a pump casing 31 and is designed to reciprocate therein and is intended to simulate a' pneumatic pump having an air.

tube 32 connecting said casingwith a tire ofa car 33,-which'is mounted on the upper edge ofa plate 34 which plate extends longitudinally from the front end of thecasing The plate 34: may be of any desired size as may also the other parts of the apparatus, and is designed to contain advertising matter to be displayed. 1 .f )1

In the use of this apparatus, the parts beingin tlieposition shown in Fig. 1, the pro-' peller 16 is revolved by any suitable means, preferably by air currents, and the revolution of this wheel rotates the" shaft 9 throughthepinion and gear connection between it and shaft 6. This turning of shaft 9 causes the cams 13 and 14 which are fixed thereto to rotate with it'and through the rods and 26: actuate the figures 16 and 23. The reciprocation of rod 20 causes figure 16. to swingback and forth on its pivot 17 and the. arm 18 to beraised and lowered wherei by the rolling pin 19 is brought into strikcalling their attention to the advertising matter contained on plate'3 1;

'vious that this apparatus may be cheaply 5 constructed and readily mounted at any desired point and may depend entirely upon the wind for actuating the figures or the Various changes in the form, shape, proportion and other minor details of construction may be made without departing from the principle or-sacrificing any of the ad vantages; of the claimed invention. I claim v 1. In an apparatus of the class described, a supporting structure including a casing having a shaft extending therethrough, a

wind wheel mounted outside said casing and geared to rotate said shaft, cams carried by said shaft, movable figures mounted onsaid casing, rods connected with said figures and having heads engaged with said cams whereby the rotation figuresw V I I 2. In an apparatus of the class described,

of the shaft willactuate the a supporting structureincluding a casing having a shaft extending therethrough, a wind wheel mounted outside said casing and geared to rotate said shaft, cams carried by said shaft, movable figuresmounted on said casing, rods having heads bearing on the perimeters of said cams and pivotallyconnected with movable parts ofthe figures whereby rotation of the. shaft will actuate the figures.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa r ture in the presence of two witnesses; From the above descriptionit will be ob- WILLIAM H. S'NIDER, 

